Kobe Bryant Timeline : Kobe marries Vanessa Laine

18 Apr 2001 April 18, 2001: Kobe marries Vanessa Laine. Vanessa was filming a music video as an extra when Kobe happened to be in the same building. Sparks flew and she was so inundated by paparazzi while trying to attend Marina High School that she had to finish high school via independent study. When they married, she was 19, he 22.